The most important, I think, is what Bena is hoping to see — and how he is hoping to FEEL — at training camp, which kicks off today with a team meeting, but opens in earnest with tomorrow’s 8:50 a.m. practice.

“I really hope they make fans feel welcome, rather than it is a hindrance or a nuisance that we’re there,” Bena said. “They need to make the fans feel like the team wants them there.”

Yes, that is a not-so-thinly-veiled shot at Josh McDaniels.

Broncos president Joe Ellis said Tuesday that the team is making a number of subtle changes that fans will notice once camp and the regular season begins. Ellis said the team is also going to continue its direct contact with the fan base through social media and the visibility of John Elway and new head coach John Fox.

That is just what Bena — and his readers — are hoping to hear.

“For me, as a fan, it started when Josh got fired and they started with this whole transparency thing,” Bena said. “I’m really looking forward to this training camp and to see how they continue it. Broncos fans are crazy, they’re going to come back and fill the stadium. But now it is really important they continue to build the momentum they started when they hired Elway and Fox.”

Bena, who has worked as a credentialed media member at the past two training camps — and will hopefully be here at Dove Valley in August — said the fans who comment on his site have been “rejuvenated” since the NFL lockout ended on Monday. Traffic to his website has quadrupled in the past week.

“We lost interest from the casual fan, but they all came back, and they did so immediately,” Bena said. “They felt like I did, totally turned off, but now that football is back, they are ready to dive right back in.”

Nicki Jhabvala is a Broncos beat writer for The Denver Post. She was previously the digital news editor for sports. Before arriving in Denver, she spent five years at Sports Illustrated working primarily as its online NBA editor. She also spent two years as a home page editor at the New York Times.